Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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Dr Katalin Kariko - Nobel Prize winner, latest on Israel Gaza, Pelvic pain and pain in sex, The International Day of the Girl.
Wed 11 Oct 2023
Dr Katalin Kariko has won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Drew Weissman.
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Israel-Gaza conflict: Bereaved parents across the divide, musician Esther Abrami, Emily Hunt, Is the future of the Labour Party
Tue 10 Oct 2023
Two parents from the different communities caught up in the Israel-Gaza conflict.
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Israel-Gaza conflict, Endometriosis test, Sam Brown - Savile survivor
Mon 9 Oct 2023
Women and children in the Israel-Gaza conflict.
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Gunner Jaysley Beck鈥檚 mother, Organist Anna Lapwood, Menopause tribunal, Mary McAleese, Grace Dent
Sat 7 Oct 2023
The mother of the girl believed to have taken her own life after army sexual harassment.
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Food writer Grace Dent, Artist Shirin Neshat, History of enslaved women, Actor Mei Mac
Fri 6 Oct 2023
What's your go-to for comfort eating? Has that food item changed as you've got older?
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Gunner Jaysley Beck's mother, Wild Hope, Earth Mama, Dangerous dogs
Thu 5 Oct 2023
The mother of the girl believed to have taken her own life after army sexual harassment.
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Mary McAleese, Isabel Hardman, Kitty Donaldson, Emma Reed Turrell, Viv Groskop, Dr Bernadette Jenner
Wed 4 Oct 2023
The former Irish president Mary McAleese on the need for reform in the Catholic Church.
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Doctors' strike, Organist Anna Lapwood, M谩ir铆a Cahill, Suffragette medal
Tue 3 Oct 2023
Organist Anna Lapwood on why she initiated the social media hashtag #playlikeagirl.
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Russian journalist-in-exile Elena Kostyuchenco, Karen Farquharson, Teleri Glyn Jones, Nerys Evans, Innes Fitzgerald
Mon 2 Oct 2023
We hear from one of Russia鈥檚 most fearless independent journalists, Elena Kostyuchenco.
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Performance artist Marina Abramovic, Universities and sexual misconduct, Nicole Scherzinger, Finances and friendship
Sat 30 Sep 2023
Marina Abramovic, the godmother of performance art on her works spanning a 55-year career.
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Nicole Scherzinger, Finances of friendship, Asha Puthli
Fri 29 Sep 2023
Nicole Scherzinger joins Anita to discuss her return to the West End.
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Marina Abramovic, GB News, Dehenna Davison MP, Taylor Swift Symposium
Thu 28 Sep 2023
Serbian performance artist Marina Abramovic on retrospective at the Royal Academy of Arts.
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Dame Joan Collins, Universities and sexual misconduct, Dr Ophira Ginsburg - a feminist approach to cancer
Wed 27 Sep 2023
Dame Joan Collins at 90 and on her new memoir, Behind the Shoulder Pads.
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Sexism in football, Mum rage, China's MeToo
Tue 26 Sep 2023
A football club boss has resigned over sexist comments about a female colleague.
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Tina Sinatra, Meg Winterburn and Willow Grylls on a new TV drama about the serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, Dame Christine Lenehan
Mon 25 Sep 2023
Tina Sinatra on a new musical about her dad鈥檚 life.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Russell Brand accuser 'Alice' broadcast exclusive, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie & Doon Mackichan
Sat 23 Sep 2023
Emma speaks to 'Alice', who alleges Russell Brand sexually assaulted her as a teenager.
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'Sharenting', Blood Scandal, Mary Shelley, British Gymnastics
Fri 22 Sep 2023
Have you heard of the term 'sharenting'? Are you an habitual 'sharent'?
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Iran hijab bill, BMX champion, CIISA, Doon Mackichan, Maternity in Sierra Leone
Thu 21 Sep 2023
Women in Iran face jail for dressing 'inappropriately' under new Hijab and Chastity Bill.
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Climate Change Policy, Girlhood, Feminisation of the workplace
Wed 20 Sep 2023
Economist Kate Raworth gives her reaction to leaked climate change policy changes.
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Russell Brand allegations & a 'staggered age of consent' with Baroness Helena Kennedy & Gudrun Young KC, Dr Susan Gilby
Tue 19 Sep 2023
Can a 16-year-old give meaningful consent to have sex with a 30-year-old?
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Russell Brand accuser 'Alice' broadcast exclusive, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Mon 18 Sep 2023
Emma speaks to 'Alice', who alleges Russell Brand sexually assaulted her as a teenager.
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Nadiya Hussain, Women's reproductive survey, The Knock, AI and IVF, Arlo Parks
Sat 16 Sep 2023
TV chef and author Nadiya Hussain on her Bangladeshi heritage and cooking with spices.
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Anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, Comedian and author London Hughes, Dr Elise Inglis memorial, The Knock discussion
Fri 15 Sep 2023
Anita hears about the impact the death of Mahsa Amini has had for women in Iran.
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Nadiya Hussain, Morocco earthquake, Equal pay, Wilderness
Thu 14 Sep 2023
Superstar baker, Nadiya Hussain, on her Bangladeshi heritage and cooking with eight spices
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The Killing Kind author Jane Casey, AI in IVF treatment, The Knock - Evie's story
Wed 13 Sep 2023
Jane Casey on the new TV show of her novel The Killing Kind, plus actor Emma Appleton.
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Dr Shazia Malik, Charlotte Regan, Female surgeons, Poison pen letters, The Knock special series
Tue 12 Sep 2023
Does a new reproductive health survey targeted at 16-55 year-old women ignore older women?
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Millie Bobby Brown, Arlo Parks, Martha's Rule
Mon 11 Sep 2023
Actor Millie Bobby Brown discusses her new book, Nineteen Steps.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Economic Abuse, Should there be a Minister for Men? Rebuilding my life: Martine Wright
Sat 9 Sep 2023
Why are victims of economic abuse still being let down by the police and the courts?
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Economic Abuse, Michal Oshman, Roisin Gallagher, Barbershop Quartet, Mum shaming
Fri 8 Sep 2023
What would you do if you weren't afraid? We hear from Michal Oshman about her new book.
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Primodos debate, Rebuilding my life: Wiz Wharton, Cricket umpire pay
Thu 7 Sep 2023
A new Commons debate on the pregnancy testing drug that families say harmed their children
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